Pamphlet  No.  1 


January,  1923 

A  Guide  to  the  Study,  Sources  and 
Materials  of  Educational 


Motion  Pictures 


Compiled  by 
LEON  N.  NEULEN 

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Director,  Educational  Service  Bureau 

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CHARLES  F.  POWLISON,  General  Secretary 


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Secure  Motion  Picture 
Equipment 

Make  a  straight  loan  from  your  banker.  You  can  sell  season  tickets  at 
$1.00  each,  covering:  six  or  eight  entertainments,  two  or  three  times  a  year. 
This  will  give  you  sufficient  funds  to  own  full  equipment,  while  paying  your 
bank  in  small  regular  payments. 

Schools  can  cooperate  with  the  church  in  the  purchase  of  equipment.  Have 
the  church  pay  one-half  the  cost  and  use  it  on  alternate  days. 

The  School  Boards  often  pay  the  initial  cost  of  the  equipment  and  the 
children  maintain  the  cost  of  the  educational  and  entertainment  films  by  giving 
an  entertainment  once  or  twice  a  month. 

Alternate  with  another  town.  Get  another  superintendent  or  minister  in 
a  nearby  town  who  is  interested  in  visual  education.  His  aid  can  help  you 
purchase  the  equipment. 

Cooperate  with  the  local  representative  of  the  Farm  Bureau.  The  Bureau 
will  welcome  the  opportunity  of  using  some  of  the  valuable  films  distributed 
free  by  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture. 

An  individual  can  purchase  the  projector  outright  and  get  his  funds  and 
the  original  purchase  price  back  by  giving  entertainments  and  educational  pro¬ 
grams  to  the  school  and  church. 

Parent-Teachers’  organization  or  Ladies’  Aid  take  hold  of  the  proposition 
and  create  the  interest  needed  for  this  community  enterprise.  The  funds  can 
be  raised  by  selling  season  tickets.  This  makes  visual  education  a  community 
affair  and  quickens  the  interest  in  school  and  community  life. 

Get  ten  men  public  spirited  enough  to  advance  $25.00  each.  This  pays 
for  the  equipment  and  these  men  can  be  reimbursed  at  the  rate  of  so  much  per 
week.  The  funds  will  be  derived  from  the  entertainments  by  collection  or  ad¬ 
missions. 

Secure  the  backing  of  your  patrons  through  the  issuance  of  loan  certifi¬ 
cates.  The  value  of  each  certificate  may  be  one  dollar.  Secure  loan  through 
the  school  committee.  Have  certificates  signed  by  president  of  the  Student’s 
Entertainment  Committee  and  the  principal.  Repay  your  patrons  at  the  earliest 
possible  date.  The  following  Booster  Receipt  is  used  to  excellent  advantage: 


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This  receipt  entitles  the  holder  to  a  refund  of  One  Dollar,  with  six  per  cent  interest 
one  year  from  date,  or  to  Four  Admissions  at  any  motion  picture  entertainment  given 
under  the  auspices  of  undersigned  committee. 


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MR.  LOYALTY:  How  many  Receipts? 

Every  cent  you  keep  in  your  home  town  makes  it  a  better  town. 

Every  way  in  which  you  add  new  attractions  to  your  town  makes  for  a  larger 
patronage. 

Every  wholesome  home  activity  you  support  brings  you  and  your  townsmen  into  better 
comratrediip. 

Every  GOOD  motion  picture  you  can  bring  to  your  city  gives  a  new  impulse  to  right 
living. 

Every  RECEIPT  (of  this  kind)  that  you  buy  will  help  to  do  all  this.  It  will  maintain 
a  free  educational  program,  (three  reels  each  week)  on  some  regular  selected  day.  It  is 
good  for  four  admissions  to  motion  picture  entertainments.  It  will  pay  for  all  rental  of 
films  for  ten  weeks.  It  will  leave  a  profit  balance  in  your  committee’s  treasury  to  aid 
them  in  becoming  braver  in  bringing  to  you  the  best  picture  entertainment  the  producers 
can  offer. 

The  surplus  profits  will  come  back  to  your  home  town  as  “bread  cast  upon  the  waters.” 


CLASSIFIED  LIST  OF  MOTION  PICTURE  PROJECTORS 

PROFESSIONAL: 

Powers — Nicholas  Power  Co.,  90  Gold  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Simplex — Precision  Machine  Company,  Inc.,  317  East  34th  Street,  New 
York,  N.  Y. 

Superior — Superior  Projector,  Inc.,  47  West  60th  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Motiograph — Enterprise  Optical  Manufacturing  Co.,  560  West  Randolph 
Street,  Chicago,  Ill. 

Graphoscope — Graphoscope  Co.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Veriscope — C.  R.  Baird  Company,  243-51  East  151st  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

SEMI-PORTABLE: 

Graphoscope,  Jr. — United  Cinema  Co.,  130  West  46th  Street,  New  York  City. 

Animatograph — Victor  Animatograph  Co.,  Davenport,  Iowa. 

Acme,  S.  V.  E. — Acme  Motion  Picture  Co.,  806  West  Washington  Boulevard, 
Chicago,  Ill. 

Zenith — Safety  Projector  Co.,  310-312  West  Second  Street,  Duluth,  Minn. 

Burwood — Continental  Sales  Corporation,  112  Miners’  Bank  Bldg.,  Wilkes- 
Barre,  Pa. 

Spirograph — Urban  Motion  Picture  Industries,  Irvington-on-Hudson,  New 
York. 

PORTABLE: 

Beacon — Beacon  Projector  Co.,  521  West  57th  Street,  New  York  City. 

De  Vry — De  Vry  Corp.,  1240  Marianna  Street,  Chicago,  Ill. 

Pathescope — Pathescope  Company  of  America,  35  West  42d  Street,  New 
York  City. 

American  Projectoscope — American  Projecting  Company,  6264  Broadway, 
Chicago,  Ill. 

Acme — United  Theatre  Equipment  Corp.,  25  West  45th  Street,  New  York, 
N.  Y. 

Drop  Head — Drop  Head  Projector  Co.,  Fond  Du  Lac,  Wisconsin. 

Brayco — Bray  Productions,  Inc.,  130  West  46th  Street,  New  York  City. 


SOURCE  MATERIAL 


1.  “Motion  Pictures  in  Education,”  by  Ellis  and  Thornborough.  Thos.  L. 
Crowell  &  Co.,  426  W.  Broadway,  New  York  City.  A  handbook  for  teachers  and 
other  users  of  visual  aids  in  instruction.  Contains  valuable  suggestions  for  teach¬ 
ing  methods  and  films.  (1923.)  Excellent. 

2.  “Motion  Pictures  for  Community  Needs,”  by  Bollman,  Holt  &  Company. 

?  A  book  listing  film  exchanges  and  suggested  programs  for  schools,  churches  and 

community  centers.  (New  Edition  1923.) 

3.  “A  List  of  1,001  Better  Films,”  published  by  The  Educational  Screen, 

1  5  South  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago,  Ill.  An  excellent  reference  catalog.  Free  with 

subscription  to  their  magazine. 

4.  “Selected  Pictures,”  a  catalogue  published  by  The  National  Board  of  Re¬ 
view  of  Motion  Pictures,  70  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City..  Price  25  cents.  Con¬ 
tains  882  of  the  latest  releases  in  popular  and  educational  films.  Write  for  folder 
on  “Motion  Picture  Information  and  Announcement.” 

5.  “Visual  Instruction,”  a  course  of  study  monograph  for  elementary  schools, 
including  kindergarten  and  first  grades.  Issued  by  the  public  schools  at  Berkeley, 
Califarnia.  Sold  by  The  Educational  Screen,  5  S.  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago,  Ill. 
Price  $1.00. 

6.  “Daypho-Bray  Library  of  Films,”  catalogue.  Issued  by  The  Bray  Produc¬ 
tions,  Inc.,  130  West  46th  Street,  New  York  City. 

7.  “List  of  Health  Films,”  prepared  by  National  Health  Council,  370  Seventh 
Avenue,  New  York  City,  December  1,  1922,  listing  all  existing  films  on 
Personal  and  Public  Hygiene,  Communicable  Diseases,  Nursing,  Anatomy,  Phy¬ 
siology,  etc.  Price  35  cents. 

8.  Department  Circular  233,  August,  1922,  Division  of  Publications.  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C. 

9.  “Looseleaf  Current  Motion  Picture  Bulletins,”  issued  weekly  by  the  Na¬ 
tional  Motion  Picture  League,  1819  Broadway,  New  York  City.  The  pictures 
listed  are  very  reliable. 

10.  “List  of  Films,”  as  viewed  and  approved  by  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  Committee  on  Conservation  and  Advance,  740  Rush  Street,  Chicago,  Ill. 
An  admirable  selection  of  religious  films. 

11.  A  new  and  complete  bibliography  will  be  issued  very  soon  by  the  Educa¬ 
tional  Screen,  5  S.  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago,  Ill.  Prepared  by  Dr.  J.  J.  Weber. 

12.  “Lectures  and  Lecture  Sermons,”  a  pamphlet  published  by  Underwood 
&  Underwood,  Inc.,  417  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City.  Lists  illustrated  lectures 
of  all  kinds. 

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13.  “Victor  Picture  Talks,”  a  pamphlet  listing  Sermons,  Lectures  and  Trav¬ 
elogs,  illustrated  by  slides  at  $2.00  per  set,  rental  charge.  Featuring  Evening 
Service  slides  and  slides  for  Christmas  Services.  Victor  Animatograph  Co., 
Davenport,  Iowa. 


14.  “Film”  Yearbook,  71  West  44th  Street,  New  York  City. 


SPECIAL  PROGRAMS 


Illustrating  Adaptability  of  Moving  Picture  Films  in  Teaching. 

1.  Nature  Study — “A  Day  with  John  Burroughs,”  Prizma  or  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

2.  Biology— “How  Life  Begins,”  Y.  W.  C.  A. 

3.  Arithmetic  and  Algebra — “Animated  Geometry,”  Society  for  Visual 
Instruction. 

4.  Geography — “The  Grand  Canyon  of  Arizona,”  Kleine. 

5.  Physiology — “A  Microscopical  View  of  Our  Blood  System,”  New  Era 
Film. 

6.  Child  Welfare — “Our  Children,”  Carter  Cinema  or  Y.  W.  C.  A. 

7.  Americanization — “My  Own  United  States,”  Metro. 

Historical  Epochs  in  United  States  History. 

(Selected  from  the  1001  Films  Catalogue.) 

1.  Betsy  Ross  (Revolutionary  Period). 

2.  Courtship  of  Miles  Standish  (Colonial  Period). 

3.  The  Heart  of  a  Hero  (Civil  War  Period). 

4.  My  Own  United  States  (World  War  Period). 

Feature  and  Novelty  Productions. 

1.  “The  Birth  of  a  Race,”  (8  reels)  showing  first  creation  up  to  present 
day.  Adam  and  Eve,  Moses  leading  his  people  out  of  slavery, 
Christ’s  Crucifixion,  Discovery  of  America,  etc.  Distributed  by  Pyra¬ 
mid  Pictures  Corporation,  443  S.  Dearborn  Street,  Chicago,  Ill. 

2.  “Back  to  God,”  Wm.  Jennings  Bryan’s  wonderful  address  answering 
the  question,  “Back  to  the  Ape  or  Back  to  God?”  Illustrated  with 
ninety  beautiful  hand  colored  slides.  Available  on  a  rental  basis  from 
any  Victor  slide  rental  depository.  Victor  Animatograph  Co.,  38  S. 
Dearborn  St.,  Chicago.  Newspaper  cuts  are  also  supplied  free  of 
charge. 

A  People’s  Extension  Course  of  Film  Instruction. 

(Selected  from  the  Daypho-Bray  Library  Films  Catalogue,  Bray  Pro¬ 
ductions,  Inc.,  130  W.  46th  Street,  New  York  City.) 

1.  Evolution. 

2.  Astronomy. 

(a)  Eclipse  of  the  Sun. 

One  reel  showing  animated  technical  drawings  of  how  an  eclipse  is  caused, 
what  it  is  like,  etc. 

(b)  Tides  and  the  Moon. 

One  reel  of  animated  drawings  and  actual  photography  explaining  the  moon’s 
effect  upon  the  sea,  the  influence  on  tides,  etc. 

(c)  Hello  Mars. 

One  reel  of  illustrated  theories  covering  possible  ways  of  signaling  to  Mars. 
Very  dramatic,  interesting  and  educational. 

(d)  All  Aboard  for  the  Moon. 

One  reel  of  fantasy,  illustrating  an  imaginary  flight  from  the  earth  to  the 
moon  in  a  specially  designed  rocket.  Very  instructive. 

3.  Patents  and  Inventions. 

4.  Engineering. 

(a)  How  the  Telephone  Talks. 

One  reel  covering  a  simple  and  analytical  study  of  the  telephone.  Details  are 
covered  by  animated  drawings. 

(b)  Wireless  Telephony. 

One  reel  explaining  the  sending  and  receiving  apparatus.  Showing  how  sound 
waves  are  carried  through  space  and  reconverted  into  sound  waves,  thousands 
of  miles  from  their  source. 

(c)  Behind  the  Signs  on  Broadway. 

One  reel  showing  how  the  largest  electric  sign  in  the  world  is  operated. 

(d)  The  Gasoline  Engine. 

One  reel  of  animated  technical  drawings  explaining  the  principles  of  the  gaso¬ 
line  engine  to  the  satisfaction  of  a  layman. 

5.  Home  Economy. 

6.  The  Working  of  an  Automobile,  Etc. 

An  Economical  Program. 

1.  Pathe  Review  (one  reel  hand-colored  pictures),  Pathe  Co. 

2.  Free  Educational  Films  (two  or  three  reels).  Sources  listed  elsewhere. 

3.  Bray  Pictograph  (one  reel  comedy  cartoon).  Goldwyn. 


MAGAZINES,  REFERENCE  AND  YEAR  BOOKS 

MAGAZINES. 

I.  Educational. 

1.  The  Educational  Screen  (monthly),  5  South  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

This  magazine  has  recently  purchased  the  “Moving  Picture  Age”  and 
“The  Educational  Films”  magazine.  It  is  therefore  the  only  one 
of  its  kind  on  the  market. 

2.  “Visual  Education”  (monthly),  Society  for  Visual  Education,  Chicago, 

Illinois. 

IX*  Theatrical. 

1.  “Motion  Picture  World”  (weekly),  516  Fifth  Avenue,  N.  Y.  City. 

2.  “Exhibitors’  Trade  Review”  (weekly),  729  Seventh  Avenue,  N.  Y.  City. 

3.  “Motion  Picture  News”  (weekly),  729  Seventh  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

4.  “The  Film  Daily”  (daily),  71  West  44th  Street,  New  York  City. 

III.  Popular. 

1.  “Motion  Picture  Magazine”  and  “Shadowland”  (monthly),  both  pub¬ 

lished  at  175  Duffield  Street,  Brooklyn,  New  York. 

2.  “Photoplay”  (monthly),  350  N.  Clark  Street,  Chicago,  Ill. 

REFERENCE  BOOKS. 

I.  Projection. 

1.  Richardson’s  “Handbook  on  Motion  Pictures.”  Best  source  book  on 
projection.  Chalmers  Pub.  Co.,  516  Fifth  Avenue,  N.  Y.  C.  $4.00. 

2.  “Pocket  Reference  Book  for  Projectionists  and  Managers.”  By  James 

Cameron. 

3.  “Motion  Picture  Operation.  Stage  Electrics  and  Illusions,”  by  Horst- 

man  and  Tonsley.  Frederick  J.  Drake  &  Co.,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

II.  Fire  Laws. 

1.  “Regulations  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters.”  Address, 
New  York  City. 

III.  Advertising . 

1.  “Picture  Theatre  Advertising,”  by  Sargent  (1915),  Pub.  by  Moving 

Picture  World,  Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

2.  “Advertising  by  Motion  Pictures.”  Pub.  by  Standard  Pub.  Company, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

IV.  Music. 

1.  “Musical  Accompaniment  of  Moving  Pictures,”  by  Lang  and  West, 

Boston  Music  Company,  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

2.  “What  to  Play  for  Movies,”  by  Carl  Fischer  Company. 

3.  “Motion  Picture  Guide  to  the  Carl  Fischer  Modern  Orchestra  Catalog.” 

Free,  by  Carl  Fischer  Music  Co.,  Cooper  Square,  N.  Y.  City. 

4.  “Musical  Presentations  of  Motion  Pictures,”  by  Beymon,  ’21.  G. 

Schirmer  Company. 

V.  Finance. 

1.  “Showing  Movies  for  Profit  in  School  and  Church,”  by  Metcalfe  Class 
Publications,  418  S.  Market  Street,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

VI.  General. 

1.  “Behind  the  Motion  Picture  Screen,”  by  Lescarboura.  Scientific  Ameri¬ 

can  Publishing  Company,  New  York  City.  Excellent. 

2.  “The  Technique  of  the  Photoplay,”  by  Sargent.  Moving  Picture  World, 

New  York  City.  Best  book  on  how  to  write  scenarios. 

3.  “Motion  Picture  Directing,”  (1922),  by  Wright.  Falk  Pub.  Co.  (four 

books.) 

4.  “Art  of  the  Moving  Picture,”  (1922),  by  Lindsay.  Macmillan  Co. 

5.  “How  Motion  Pictures  Are  Made,”  by  Cray.  Harper. 

6.  “Animated  Cartoons.  How  They  Are  Made.  Their  Origin  and  De¬ 

velopment.”  By  Lutz.  Scribner. 

7.  “Intimate  Talks  With  Movie  Stars,”  (1921),  by  Weitzel.  Dale  Pub.  Co. 
YEARBOOKS  AND  DIRECTORIES. 

I.  “Film,”  Yearbook  by  The  Film  Daily,  71  West  44th  St.,  New  York  City. 
Contains  a  wealth  of  information  of  practical  value. 

II.  “Motion  Picture  Studio  Directory  and  Trade  Annual,”  729  Seventh  Ave., 

New  York  City. 

III.  “Motion  Picture  News  Guide  Book,”  issued  semi-annually,  containing 

annotated  notes  on  all  film  releases.  50c.  Motion  Picture  News,  729 
Seventh  Avenue,  New  York  City. 


PROGRAMS  FOR  SPECIAL  OCCASIONS 


(A)  Celebration  of  Lincoln's  Birthday. 

1.  Community  Singing  “America.” 

2.  Comments  on  the  Life  of  Lincoln. 

3.  Slide  Glimpses  of  Lincoln. 

4.  The  Gettysburg  Address. 

5.  “The  Slave  Auction”  (from  the  film  series  “A  Son  of  Democracy”). 

6.  Selected  Music  or  Community  Singing. 

7.  “Under  the  Stars”  (from  the  film  series  “A  Son  of  Democracy”). 

8.  The  Star  Spangled  Banner. 

(“The  Land  of  Opportunity”  a  two-reel  super  feature  distributed 
by  Select  Films  Corporation ;  or  a  selection  from  “The  Lincoln 
Cycle” — a  ten  reel  production  by  the  Famous  Players  may  also 
be  used.) 

(B)  Celebration  of  the  Landing  of  the  Pilgrims. 

1.  Community  Singing,  “America.” 

2.  Slides,  New  England  Scenes. 

3.  “The  Courtship  of  Miles  Standish”  (Community  Service)  or  “The 
Landing  of  the  Pilgrims”  (Atlas  Educational  Film  Co.). 

4.  Duet,  “The  Breaking  Waves  Dashed  High.” 

5.  “The  Courtship  of  Miles  Standish.” 

6.  Slides,  Community  Notices. 

7.  Star  Spangled  Banner. 

(C)  Christmas. 

The  Christmas  Carol  (Beseler  Educational  Film  Co.).  A  fine  prelude 
to  the  distribution  of  gifts  at  a  Xmas  tree. 

From  the  Manger  to  the  Cross  (Vitagraph) — The  first  two  reels  form 
the  Xmas  story. 

’Twas  the  Night  Before  Xmas  (Beseler) — Based  on  famous  verses 
for  the  delight  of  children. 

A  Christmas  Carol  (Famous-Players) — a  two-reel  production  based 
on  Dickens’  Xmas  story. 

Ida’s  Christmas  (Beseler) — A  one-reel  production  setting  forth  hon¬ 
esty  and  unselfishness. 

Herod  and  the  New-Born  King  (Beseler) — A  one-reel  story  of  value 
to  Sunday  School  children. 

The  Spirit  of  Christmas  (Henry  Bollman) — A  one-reel  Xmas  lesson 
of  much  significance. 

The  Passion  Play  (Pathe) — Five  reels.  For  a  Xmas  evening  program. 

Christ’s  life  dramatized.  * 

Doc  Yak  and  Santa  Claus  (Beseler) — One  reel  cartoon  for  Xmas  fun 
and  frolic. 

The  Little  Girl  Who  Didn’t  Believe  in  Santa  Claus  (Beseler)  — 

An  enjoyable  one-reel  film. 

The  Alchemy  of  Winter  (Famous-Players) — A  Post-Nature  Scenic  of 
the  Xmas  Atmosphere. 

(D)  Mother's  Day. 

“Over  the  Hill”  (11  reels),  Fox. 

(E)  Memorial  Day. 

“Land  of  Opportunity”  (12  reels),  Select. 

(F)  Fourth  of  July. 

“Uncle  Sam  of  Freedom  Ridge”  (8  reels),  National  Non-Theatrical  Mo¬ 
tion  Pictures,  Inc.,  New  York  City. 

(G)  Good  Friday. 

Last  reel  of  “From  Manger  to  Cress,”  Vitagraph. 

(H)  Easter. 

Last  reel  of  “Eternal  Light,”  Catholic  Arts  Society. 

•  Last  reel  of  “Behold  the  Man,”  Pathe  Exchange. 


FREE  EDUCATIONAL  FILMS 


Send  for  latest  release  list  of  “Industrial  Pictures.’’  Selected  by  The  Na¬ 
tional  Board  of  Review  of  Motion  Pictures,  70  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Price  25  cents. 

A  selected  list  of  free  films  furnished  by  the  Industrial  Department  Motion 
Picture  Bureau,  International  Committee,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  347  Madison  Avenue, 
New  York  City. 

“Lecture  Service,  Motion  Picture  Films,  Lantern  Slides,”  a  splendid  booklet 
on  free  films  and  slides  issued  by  Publication  Bureau,  General  Electric  Co., 
Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

“Manufacturers  Having  Motion  Picture  Films  of  Educational  Value,”  a 
pamphlet  compiled  by  the  Educational  Department,  Henry  Diston  &  Son,  Phila¬ 
delphia,  Pa. 

Secure  catalog  of  films  issued  by  Bureau  of  Commercial  Economics,  Depart¬ 
ment  Public  Instruction,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Department  Circular  233,  August,  1922,  United  States  Department  of 
•  Agriculture. 

Films  on  Scenery,  Welfare  and  Americanization  secured  through  the  lead¬ 
ing  railroad  headquarters. 

Write  your  State  University  Extension  Department. 


RESEARCH  STUDIES  IN  MOTION  PICTURES 

1.  F.  D.  McClusky — College  Education,  Illinois  University,  Urbana,  Illinois. 

A  typewritten  thesis  on  “An  Experimental  Comparison  of  Different 
Methods  of  Visual  Instruction.”  1921.  Secured  through  University  of 
Chicago  Library  on  basis  of  exchange,  from  any  university  library.  Fur¬ 
ther  experiments  to  appear  in  the  supplementary  monographs  of  the 
School  Review  and  Elementary  School  Journal,  University  of  Chicago 
Press. 

2.  .7.  J.  Weber — University  of  Texas,  Austin,  Texas. 

“Comparative  Effectiveness  of  Some  Visual  Aids  in  7th  Grade  Instruc¬ 
tion,”  published  by  The  Educational  Screen,  Inc.,  5  S.  Wabash  Avenue, 
Chicago,  Ill.,  $1.50.  Also  an  article  “Proposed  Standards  for  Evaluating 
Educational  Films”  in  Educational  Film  Magazine  for  April,  1921.  A 
monograph  on  “The  Stereograph,  the  Photograph  and  the  Lantern  Slide.” 
now  in  preparation. 

3.  F.  B.  and  L.  E.  Gilbreth — “Time  Study  and  Motion  Study  as  Fundamental 

Factors  in  Planning  and  Control.”  Published  1920  by  Mountainside  Press, 
Montclair,  N.  J. 

4.  C.  E.  Turner — Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

“An  Evaluation  of  Visual  Education,”  Visual  Education  Magazine,  2:4-9, 
November,  1921. 

5.  Lashley  &  Watson — Psychological  Laboratory  of  Johns  Hopkins  University. 

A  thesis  on  “A  Psychological  Study  of  Motion  Pictures  in  Relation  to 
Venereal  Disease  Campaigns,”  published  by  the  American  Social  Hygiene 
Association,  370  Seventh  Avenue,  New  York  City;  price  10  cents.  Sim¬ 
ilar  article  also  published  in  the  Social  Hygiene  Magazine  for  April,  1921. 

6.  A.  A.  Douglass — Clark  University,  Worcester,  Mass. 

“Micromotion  Studies  Applied  to  Education.”  A  pamphlet  published  in 
1916. 

7.  M.  F.  Washburn — “Movement  and  Mental  Imagery.”  Published  by  Hough¬ 

ton,  Mifflin  Company,  Chicago,  Ill. 

8.  Frank  N.  Freeman — School  Education,  University  of  Chicago. 

An  article  appearing  in  the  Journal  of  Educational  Psychology  13:257- 
266,  May,  1922.  Has  several  experiments  now  in  progress. 

9.  -7.  W.  Shepherd — University  of  Oklahoma,  Norman,  Oklahoma. 

Has  an  article  appearing  in  the  Moving  Picture  Age  for  March,  1920. 
Also  an  article  in  the  June  Issue  1922  of  the  Educational  Screen,  Chicago, 
Ill.,  on  “The  Teaching  Efficiency  of  the  Film.” 

10.  A.  P.  Hollis — 5652  Kenwood  Avenue,  Chicago,  Director  Commonwealth  Fund. 

Has  reports  which  will  be  ready  in  April,  1923.  He  is  directing  experi¬ 
ments  and  investigations  on  the  Teaching  Value  of  Films. 


SUGGESTED  PROBLEMS  FOR  RESEARCH 


1.  How  many  reels  should  be  shown  in  succession? 

2.  What  size,  length,  and  style  of  letters  should  be  used  in  film  titles? 

3.  How  long  should  the  titles  be? 

4.  What  should  be  the  length  of  expose  to  the  eye? 

5.  Should  films  be  shown  before  or  after  a  subject  has  been  studied? 

6.  What  are  the  specific  facts  in  regard  to  sense  experience  training? 

7.  Can  films  train  the  powers  of  observation,  or  memory? 

8.  How  valuable  is  film  instruction  in  the  various  subjects,  as  compared  with 
the  lecture  method,  the  oral  method;  or  a  combination  method? 

9.  What  type  of  appeal  is  best  used  by  the  ‘‘Movie” — instinctive,  artistic, 

emotional  or  intellectual?  * 

10.  What  are  the  functions  of  Imagery — more  particularly — the  flow  and 
function  of  Visual  Imagery. 

11.  Can  motion  pictures  promote  the  acquisition  of  skill? 

12.  How  many  times  should  any  films  be  repeated? 

13.  What  is  the  value  of  motion  which  seems  to  be  a  specific  contribution  of 
the  “Movie”? 

14.  What  types  of  films  are  of  the  greatest  educational  value;  for  example 
Cartoon  drawing  vs.  actual  process  photographed. 

15.  Can  moving  pictures  cultivate  the  reasoning  mind  and  discipline  of 
character? 

16.  Can  we  establish  the  rise,  development  or  origin  of  language  significance? 

17.  What  are  the  relative  teaching  values  of  slides  and  films? 

18.  What  percentage  of  school  children  can  better  be  reached  by  motion  picture 
instruction? 

19.  What  should  be  the  maximum  length  of  a  subtitle,  in  words,  for  any 
grade? 

20.  Should  classroom  films  for  primary  grades  have  subtitles? 

21.  What  is  the  proper  method  of  distribution?  (Can  films  be  more  economically 
handled  by  the  Extension  departments  or  by  a  combination  of  schools 
buying  and  renting  the  materials). 

22.  How  can  we  increase  quantity  of  distribution?  (A  sufficient  demand,  which 
the  film  companies  say  we  now  lack). 

23.  Is  it  more  expedient  to  buy  Geography,  History,  General  Science  films, 
etc.,  and  RENT  only  the  Literary  classics,  special  health  films,  and  the 
wholesome  entertainment  pictures? 

24.  Should  films  and  slides  be  used  together,  i.  e.,  should  they  supplement  each 
other?  If  so,  what  is  the  method  to  be  employed? 

25.  What  specific  skills  should  be  required  in  the  showing  of  films? 

26.  How  much  detail  is  necessary  in  films;  at  what  point  will  an  overabundance 
of  detail  confuse;  and  at  what  point  will  reduced  detail  become  meaning¬ 
less? 

27.  How  shall  visual  instruction  be  organized  so  as  to  enlist  the  active  and 
aggressive  effort  of  the  learner? 

28.  What  kind  of  graded  exercises  will  increase  the  learner’s  ability  to  “observe 
and  report”;  and  his  ability  to  see  essential  things  in  larger  and  larger 
units? 

29.  What  kind  of  ideas  are  best  clarified  by  ‘still’  photographs,  diagrams,  line 
drawings,  slides,  motion  pictures,  and  moving  diagrams? 

30.  What  types  of  representation  will  most  clearly  convey  the  desired  mean¬ 
ings;  and  how  adapt  these  types  to  the  different  levels  of  learning  ability? 


SELECTED  BOOKS  AND  ARTICLES  RELATING  TO  FILM 

INSTRUCTION  AND  RESEARCH 


Ina  Clement — “Teaching-  Citizenship  via  the  Movies.”  A  survey  of  civic  motion 
pictures  and  their  availability  for  use  'by  municipalities.  Municipal  Refer¬ 
ence  Library  of  New  York  City,  Special  Report  No.  2,  1918.  10  cents. 

(Revised  May,  1920.) 


Annie  McLeod — “Motion  Pictures  in  the  Teaching-  of  Chemistry.”  Published  in 
*  the  Educational  Film  Magazine,  4:7-9,  September,  1920. 

Pedagogical  and  practical  advantages  offered  by  film  method. 

“Films  May  Help  in  Selection  of  an  Occupation.”  Scientific  American  Society, 
|  80:333. 

Moving  Pictures  in  Industrial  Education.  Manual  Training,  17:745-9. 
Coaching  Athletics  with  Moving  Pictures.  Colliers.  56:32. 


J.  H.  Wilson — “Visual  Education  in  Detroit  Schools.”  Visual  Education  Maga¬ 
zine,  1:9-14,  June,  1920. 

Teaching  Volume  5,  No.  2,  February,  1920,  of  Visual  Education  Magazine. 

F.  L.  Hendley — “A  Practical  Solution  of  the  Moving  Picture  Problem.”  Teachers’ 
Magazine,  37:50-51,  October,  1914.  This  article  shows  how  problem 
was  successfully  solved  by  some  schools  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

“Comparative  Study  of  Visual  Instruction  in  the  High  School.”  School  and  So¬ 
ciety  Magazine,  7:235-8. 

“Transactions  of  the  Society  of  Motion  Picture  Engineers”  (semi-annual  pub¬ 
lication).  Authoritative  source  books  on  the  technical  phases  of  the 
motion  picture  industry.  Address  O.  A.  Abbott,  Secretary,  729  Seventh 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 


,  Ernest  Horn — “Motion  Pictures  as  an  Educational  Agency.”  Visual  Education 
Magazine,  1:18-23,  June,  1920.  Evaluating  an  article,  in  the  Teachers’ 
College  Record,  written  by  John  V.  Lacy. 

Bulletins  Nos.  82  and  7,  Bureau  of  Education,  Washington,  D.  C. 

f  Motion  Pictures:  A  Selected  Bibliography — Bulletin  No.  54,  August,  1922, 
Russell  Sage  Foundation  Library,  130  E.  22nd  Street,  New  York  City, 
four  pages.  10  cents. 

“Condensed  Course  in  Motion  Picture  Photography.”  Book  edited  by  Carl  Greg¬ 
ory.  Published  by  the  Institute  of  Photography  of  New  York,  Price 
$6.00.  Illustrated  handbook  by  specialists  and  research  workers  connect¬ 
ed  with  laboratories  of  Eastman  Kodak  Co.  , 

“Moving  Pictures  in  the  Church,”  by  Rev.  Roy  L.  Smith.  The  Abingdon  Press, 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.  A  practical  and  suggestive  treatise  on  programs, 
finance  and  other  problems  connected  with  church  projects. 


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